![]() ![]() She wanted to erase herself from history. Raffaella, who the narrator has always called Lila, took everything that was hers from the house and even removed herself from the pictures. They have been friends for around 60 years. Rino phoned the narrator, Elena Greco, asking if she knew about his mother’s, Raffaella Cerullo, whereabouts. The prologue immediately made me want to know more about what had happened in the characters’ lives up to that moment. The narration is gripping from the outset. The sequence of episodes from their life is for the most part engaging and immersive. It tells the story of the friendship between two young women since childhood, while making critical considerations on class, social mobility and the importance of education. I needn’t have worried about A Amiga Genial ( My Brilliant Friend in the English translation) by the pseudonymous Italian author Elena Ferrante, though. Highly well-regarded books tend to leave me nervous with anticipation and apprehensive about not liking them as much as almost everyone else does. ![]()
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